Assalamu alaikum warahmatoAllahi wabaraktoho everyone, welcome back to The Faith Revival.
So there are certain sins that are called موبيقات, they’re called destructive
and they are the major sins.
It’s not that any sin cannot be forgiven by Allah, but there are certain sins that
even in your lowest point, you should not go to.
There are a few narrations about these major sins, and particularly the impact they have
on iman.
In one narration, the Prophet salAllahu alayhi wa sallam, he says in this narration from
Abu Huraira radiAllahu ta’ala anhu, that when a man commits zina - when a man commits
adultery, then Allah subhanahu wa ta’ala removes belief from him the way that a roof
would come off of someone.
So if you can imagine a sliding roof, where a person is sheltered as they are sitting
with their belief, but at that point Allah subhanahu wa ta’ala removes it, just like
a sunroof, iman from that person.
Then the Prophet salAllahu alayhi wa sallam said until he stops committing that act and
he repents to Allah, then the roof comes back.
In another narration, the Prophet salAllahu alayhi wa sallam explains this beyond zina.
He took it beyond adultery.
He said in this narration from ibn Abbas: لايزني الزاني حين يزني
وهو مؤمن that a person does not commit adultery while they are believers.
ولا يسرق السارق, and a person does not steal while he is a مؤمن while
he is a believer.
He says, و لايشرب الخمر he doesn’t drink alcohol while he is a believer.
He says, ولا يقتل وهو يقتل he doesn’t kill while he’s killing and is
a believer.
So the Prophet salAllahu alayhi wa sallam is saying, in the moment of those deeds, a
person is devoid of faith.
Iman leaves them.
So Iqramah says, I asked Ibn Abbas radiAllahu ta’ala anhu, so how does faith leave him?
What does that mean?
So he said, ibn Abbas clasped his hands.
Then he said like this, then when he repents it comes back.
So it’s a temporary departure.
A person does not become a disbeliever for committing major sins.
That’s from the mercy of Allah subhanahu wa ta’ala.
So long as a person acknowledges their belief, even if they’re committing major sins, we
don’t say about people that they’ve become disbelievers.
That they’ve left the faith.
But when a person is committing those deeds, they are purposefully ignoring Allah subhanahu
wa ta’ala.
Instead of using the senses that God gave them to get close to Him, they’re using
those senses to pleasure themselves.
So they’re actually worshiping their own شهوات, their own desires.
If you insist upon that, Uthman radiAllahu ta’ala anhu says, “I swear by Allah that
iman (faith) and khamr (alcohol) cannot coexist in a person’s heart.
Eventually one of them is going to expel the other.”
The Prophet salAllahu alayhi wa sallam says مدمن الخمر كعابد وثن, the
one who insists upon drinking alcohol becomes like the one who worships idols.
He also said, salAllahu alayhi wa sallam, there are certain characteristics that are
just not befitting to a believer.
Even in their lowest point.
He said that there is no iman for a person that lies, or a person that cannot be trusted.
A believer can do many things.
He can be a coward, he can be a miser.
But he can’t be a liar.
It’s not befitting.
He said, salAllahu alayhi wa sallam that a believers belief is sound, so long as he doesn’t
murder.
So all of these hudud, all of these boundaries that are set for us show us a very important
point.
That not all sins are equal, especially in regards to their impact on your faith.
A lot of times we go through low moments, and when we go through low moments, we justify
our sins.
The worst thing you can do is end up in one of those major sins.
You do not want death to come to you while you’re in that state.
As the Prophet salAllahu alayhi wa sallam mentioned, devoid of belief.
That would be a tragedy.
How many people just have something they’re going through in life, get into some relationship,
or go to the bar and drink, and end up in a car accident or end up with something very
harmful happening to them as a result of these things.
You don’t want to meet Allah with that being your last moment.
So keep that as the bare minimum.
Allah understands.
He knows that sometimes your faith will be low and there are certain sins that you are
going to be prone to, but do not fall into the major sins.
Stay away from the major sins in particular.
Do not insist on the minor sins, and that should be the bar that we set for ourselves,
at the bare minimum that we don’t fall into those things.
May Allah protect us from ever being attracted to those things, or ever fall into those things.
And if we fall into them, may He allow us to repent immediately and to not leave this
world except that we are forgiven for those sins and not insisting on them, and protect
our iman and let us die with iman.
Allahumma ameen.
JazakumAllahu khayran, inshaAllah I’ll see you next time!
Asalamu alaikum warahmatoAllahi wabaraktoho.